Accessibility

To help us make the The Melting Pot website a positive place for everyone, we’ve been using the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. These guidelines explain how to make web content more accessible for people with disabilities, and user friendly for everyone.

The guidelines have three levels of accessibility (A, AA and AAA). We’ve chosen Level AA as the target for the The Melting Pot website.

What is an accessible website?

An accessible site is one that accommodates the full range of users. Designing for accessibility therefore means accepting that, for online information, there is:

No standard information user
No standard device for browsing information
An accessible website does not exclude anybody due to:

Their abilities

The method they choose to access the web

Accessible websites prioritise clear content, structure and ease of navigation over frilly aspects of design, however they also need not be visually unattractive, nor are they prevented from using the latest web technologies, provided that all information is still accessible to users.

Change text size

You may also use your browser settings to change the text size for all the websites that you visit. The technique for doing this is slightly different depending on the browser that you use:

Google Chrome: Select one of the ‘Text Zoom’ options in the ‘Customise and control Google Chrome’ menuInternet Explorer 9: Select ‘Settings’, then one of the options under ‘Zoom’Mozilla Firefox: Select the ‘View’ menu, then ‘Zoom’, then one of the optionsOpera: Select the ‘View’ menu, then one of the ‘Zoom’ percentage options

Other browsers may also have similar options available. Please consult the documentation provided with your browser if similar options to the ones above aren’t available.

Events, News and Inspiration

Facilitation can be an ominous task. But, in essence, it’s something we do every day. We guide others through interactions all the time: in one to one conversations, meetings and our day to day work. Join Helen, founder of Not9to5, and translate those existing abilities into strong facilitations skills.

Have you got a crunchy issue? Do you need to bounce around an idea? Would you like feedback on something?
The Melting Pot is here to help! Sign on for a free mentoring session with our founder, Claire Carpenter. Sessions are 20 minutes each and can be in person or by phone.
There's no need to feel shy to ask for some personal time - it's already set aside to support you however we can.
To book an appointment register for a ticket below, this will reserve an available slot. We’ll then get in touch to confirm a time that suits you and Claire.

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